Use of Polyethyleneglycol for Porcine Islet Cryopreservation

The aim of this work was to determine whether polyethylene glycol 20000 Da (PEG) could be used as protective agent in porcine islet cryopreservation. Cryopreservation was performed on 1-wk cultured pig islets and consisted in an overnight storage in liquid nitrogen. In a first set of experiments, we...

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Main Authors: Bénédicte Monroy, Jiri Honiger, Sylviane Darquy, Gérard Reach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 1997-11-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/096368979700600612